Wang and Wei Shanhai were startled when they saw their son come back with the pig. They heard from Wei Anzhi and others that their family had ranked first in the self-reliance exam, and the academy rewarded them with pigs, meat, rice and two taels of silver. They were happy again.
And happy.
They felt that they had made the right decision to send Zili to the academy. Everyone said that the county leader was a good person, a kind person, and a lucky person. As long as he had a little relationship with the county leader, he would be lucky.
This is true at all. Their family independently studied in an academy run by the county, so they had some exposure to it.
Then, their family was very lucky and found a job in the county owner's shop.
When Ziqiang came home from rest a few days ago, he brought back two taels of silver from his family, saying that it was not wages, but just reward money given by customers in the shop.
Self-improvement is not just about working for ten days, and then getting a reward of two taels of silver. With the wages, you can get enough money in a month.
Ziqiang also said that the customers who come to their shop are generous and generous, and the reward will be more or less in the future.
Nowadays, self-reliance is just a matter of studying, and because they got first place in the exam and got such good things, isn't their family just getting lucky?
Mrs. Wang was very happy and invited Wei Anzhi and the others to their home for three nights to eat braised pork, as a way of thanking them for helping Zili today.
The three children readily agreed, but they had to go home and put away their schoolbags first.
When people in the village heard that Wei Zili had topped the exam and was rewarded with a pig by the academy, they all came to see what the pig was like.
The pig pen that Wei Shanhai's family had not raised in three years was reused. People who came to see the pigs stood outside the pig pen to look at the pigs eating pig grass.
"Hey, I thought it was a piglet, but I didn't expect it to be so big." An elderly man in the village said with a pipe in his mouth.
"Yes, it looks like it weighs about a hundred kilograms. It will take three to five months to raise well and then it will be ready for slaughter." The woman who spoke shouted to Mrs. Wang who came out of the kitchen carrying a kettle, "Your pig
I'll buy a dozen kilograms of it later, smoke it and eat it slowly."
"Okay." Wang agreed with a smile.
This is the way to buy meat in the village. Anyone who kills the meat will buy some. Although the price is the same as in the city, there is no need to go to the city specifically to buy meat.
"It seems that studying is still good. I have only been studying for a month, and I brought a pig back to the family."
"It's not just pigs," said Wei Anzhi's grandmother, "there are also two taels of silver, five kilograms of meat, and fifty kilograms of rice!"
The old man holding the pipe said "Ouch", "Our county boss is really generous!"
"That's right," said Wei Anzhi's grandma, "the main thing is that he is self-reliant and has a future. Ziqiang is doing a good job in the county owner's shop, and he is self-reliant and has such a future. Now the Shanhai family has turned a corner."
Many people nodded in agreement, and felt a little jealous in their hearts. They praised Mr. Wang for being self-reliant and might be able to become a scholar in the future!
Mrs. Wang poured a bowl of coarse tea for the neighbors who came to see the pigs. She also lent money to the neighbors of Wei Shanhai's house and politely offered to repay the money.
Mrs. Wang didn't make excuses, but said that she had come to return it in the past two days. Since they were here now, she would return it directly to them.
People in the village don't have much money, so the biggest debt they owe is only a few hundred cash.
Wei Shanhai and Wang are both very simple people. As soon as their families have money, they want to pay it back to the people who lent them the money. But they actually want to wait a few days to rest and go home.
When I arrived, I took three months’ wages back home and paid them back.
But today Zili came back with another two taels of silver. Everyone knew this, and the person who lent them money came to ask again, so they just paid it back.
It also saves the people who lend money to them the feeling that their family has money but does not pay back the money, and feels cold.